Hurricane Ike - Update #2

We are back in Houston but staying with friends because we still have no power. Chris and neighbors have been back to the house a few times and noticed that there is NO activity with the downed power lines and poles like in other areas. Our guess is that they are waiting for shipments of poles from other areas before they can work on ours. I would be surprised if we have power by the weekend. We are getting tired of this hurri-cation. Ike-CARumba! as someone else said. I thought it was funny and creative. The main bike shop is open as of yesterday so that is keeping Chris busy. Some of the employees had been camping out there but they all have power now. sniff, sniff

Daddy went back to work yesterday while Collin and I stayed at the friend's house all day. We went for over an hour walk because it was a beautiful day outside. I also found a park and Collin got to swing a little and slide down the slide. He loves the slide. We have taught him to hold onto the sides and then let go when he is ready. He smiles and sometimes laughs on the way down.

No new developments with Collin. We thought for sure he would have taken a step by now since he has been around so many kids. Nope....he still prefers to crawl. We do have a new nickname for him. He has been sleeping in our room in a pack 'n play. When he wakes up in the morning, he stands up to see if we are awake. If he does not see us, he starts his morning routine of throwing out whatever is in his pack n' play. Once everything is out, he looks over at us again and then starts this screeching noise. We dubbed this noise and him "The Terradactyl" because that is what the noise sounds like.

Another new thing Collin does is pull up your shirt just enough to see your belly button and to poke his finger in it and laugh. It's really funny until he does it to someone he just met. He does not do it all of the time so it's really unpredictable. This morning after he ate rice cereal, apples, some cantaloupe and 1/4 of a waffle, his belly was really protruding more than it has in the last week. I lifted his shirt, said "Buddha belly". He thought that was really funny so he started to lift his shirt up and laugh when I said "Buddha belly".